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Freight Fraud IndexQuantifying U.S. freight fraud

Monthly snapshot · February 2026

Freight Fraud Index — February 2026

A permanent, citable snapshot of the composite Freight Fraud Index for February 2026. Every figure traces to a cited source.

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Freight Fraud Index: 55 of 100, Elevated, ±0 month over month (unchanged)

How it's built

Component contributions

Each input is normalized to a 0–100 scale against its baseline, then combined by weight to produce the composite Index.

Index component contributions for February 2026: normalized value and weight per component.
ComponentNormalized (0–100)Weight
Reported incidents5535%
Estimated loss5535%
Strategic-fraud share5620%
Flagged entities5310%
Composite Index55 / 100

At a glance

Key figures — February 2026

Reported incidents

880Car

Estimated loss

$60MCar

$60,000,000

Strategic-fraud share

45%Car

Flagged entities

9,500FMCSA

Cite this
Freight Fraud Index. (February 2026). Freight Fraud Index — February 2026 snapshot (Index 55). Retrieved from https://freightfraudindex.com/m/2026-02

Freight Fraud Index for February 2026: 55 of 100, Elevated band, ±0 month over month.